Overall GiG Score: 15 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

SEEDS FOR GROWTH 

To promote and support the health and well-being of disadvantaged individuals and communities through projects including education, arts and the environment. Support for individuals 'down the path to work' and also the creation of co-operatives and social enterprises.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years, despite a decline more recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 17 years

www.seedsforgrowth.org.uk

gregory@seedsforgrowth.org.uk

07770752250

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£62£32£30n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/22£21£13£9n/an/an/an/an/a22
31/03/21£17£16£1n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/20£67£66£1n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/19£24£12£13n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£10£9£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£6£11£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£45£42£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£59£56£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£75£72£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£52£49£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£15£15£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£15£19£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£45£41£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£7£7£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 20 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£50,000
Greater London Authority£35,000
Co-Operative Group£5,749
Crowdfunder£1,847
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Seeds for Growth Charity
£1,039 21/10/2023
The Urban Farmers project gives social housing estate tenants skills and confidence to grow their own healthy fresh fruit and vegetables.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Greening Communities
£1,421 22/10/2022
Our staff teams will motivate, inspire and teach children and youngsters to grow fresh food at home and also in community gardens around their estates.
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£1,847 20/06/2022
Covid response
National Lottery Community Fund - Urban Farmers
£50,000 03/03/2022
The Urban Farmers project proposes to work with social housing tenants and residents living on the Barkantine Estate in the Isle of Dogs East London to transform disused outdoor communal areas into ....more
Greater London Authority - Grant to Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
£35,000 01/12/2020
Swinbrook Estate Greening Project
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Seeds for Growth
£3,290 15/11/2019
We want to bring our community together and boost wellbeing, by growing flowers, fruit and vegetables together in a vacant plot of land.
Greater London Authority - Grant to Seeds for Growth
£12,000 05/12/2018
Team London small grant 2018-19 - social integration
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Seeds for Growth charity
£3,541 19/11/2018
Money will be used for van running costs, promotion and professional trainer chefs to run classes for young people.
Greater London Authority - Team London Small Grants Programme - Seeds for Growth
£10,000 01/11/2018
Volunteers from across the Isle of Dogs will improve and maintain front gardens for elderly tennants and residents
Greater London Authority - Team London Small Grants Programme - Seeds for Growth
£10,000 31/10/2018
Volunteers from across the Isle of Dogs will improve and maintain front gardens for elderly tennants and residents
Greater London Authority - Grant to Seeds for Growth
£20,000 31/01/2018
Isle of Dogs Community Gardens
London Catalyst - Seeds for Growth - 2
£3,000 23/11/2016
Cubitt Town School Food Co-op
London Catalyst - Seeds for Growth - 1
£2,500 07/12/2013
Health and Belief 2013
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards helping socially excluded Bangladeshi women
£1,600 05/08/2013
Towards helping socially excluded Bangladeshi women develop transferable employment skills in Tower Hamlets.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 31-42
  • ANDREA AU Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Worldclimate Coo
  • ELISE ASH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Marketing Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/01/2007, number: 1117640
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/09/2006, number: 05940935
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR17: 9 days late, AR14: 0 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR12: 0 days late, AR08: 13 days late,
Main office

Seeds for Growth
128 Cannon Drive
Cannon Workshops
London
E14 4AS

Objectives

A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS FROM DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND OTHERS IN A RANGE OF CHARITABLE AREAS WHICH PRINCIPALLY ADDRESS SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND HEALTH ISSUES;B) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTING RE-CYCLING AND SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES; ANDC) THE PROMOTION OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES, BEING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE GREATER LONDON, KENT, ESSEX, SURREY, HERTFORDSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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